Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Thai Chicken Pizza

I'm also not very picky about it. I've had "the real thing" in Naples, and enjoyed it just about as much as the 2 for 1 pies from the place down the street.

For awhile, I tried to be a purist. I denounced places like CPK. You can't put bacon and avocado on pizza! Pizza is Italian! It must be kept pure and authentic!

Yeah, that didn't last long.

I've had some pizza dough in my freezer for a few weeks now, and in my quest to branch out and work my way through more of my cookbooks, I kept it off my weekly menu. But then I made Thai food, and that got me thinking about Thai chicken pizza, which I feel like I shouldn't love, but I do. Oh, so much.

So thanks to my friend Google, I stumbled across this recipe and it's divine. I didn't change too much about it, and it came out really well. It has just a light sprinkling of cheese, which I prefer, but you could always use more. I think next time I might add some chopped peanuts, but other than that it's hard to beat!

(adapted from cdkitchen.com)

Crust: use your favorite (homemade or not) - you will need enough dough for two 10" pizzas. I used 1/3 of this recipe .

Lisa - Siracha is a chili sauce, that comes in a bottle with a rooster on it. You can use any hot sauce, but use a lot less (Siracha isn't as hot teaspoon-for-teaspoon as Tabasco). I don't think I really picked up the flavor of the tea - you could probably leave it out and not notice! I also didn't let it brew as long as I probably should have, so that could have been the problem.